JC shares daily Cadre reflections and explores Family Ties, discussing caregiving dynamics with aging parents, balancing care and independence, and moments of connection while traveling and attending a concert with his dad.
JC: I pop on here every single morning, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to remind you that we hope you're doing good here. If you're not doing good today, know that that is okay too. Those 17 words are kind of the formula for how this Cadre sphere operates.
On Thursdays, we often look at the relationships where care is given. How do you take what you have and impact other people around you? I am the current caregiver of my parents in a stage of life where they're still pretty darn independent. Those moments that often nourish those moments.
Today's topic, finding balance while sailing your vessel. Where I am on lake Superior, Speak wonders on another one of the great lakes, Lake Erie. And Speaking of lakes, Smz. I am only 75 miles away from lake vermilion. I hope you have a good one.
Hey, good morning, Cadre. How are we doing today? I hope you're doing great. My name is JC if we've never shared time and space together before, thank you for the opportunity of spending some time with you right now. I pop on here every single morning, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to go ahead and remind you that we hope you're doing good here. See Mercer. Nice to see you. We hope you're doing good today. If you're not doing good today, know that that is okay too. Nice to see you, Nikki. I'm glad that I'm here.
I'm glad you're here. I know what I know and I care about you. Those 17 words are kind of the formula for how this Cadre sphere operates. There's appreciation that we are all here. We risk to know that our experience, our perspective, our vision, our information that our body provides us is valuable. And then we say hey. And we care about each other. And because of that, really cool things can happen that can move us towards being better in the ways that we want to. Be better, feel better, operate better, accomplish better, respond better, react better, rest better, all those things better.
On Thursdays, we quite often look at the relationships where care is given. You can think of that in a space of maybe you're a full time caregiver for someone in your life. A family member, a neighbor, someone young, someone old, someone who is recovering from something. But you may also look at care in terms of how do you take what you have and impact other people around you, people, you know, people you don't know. On Thursdays, I often talk about the idea of Family Ties, which was a really great 1980s sitcom, but also the ties that bind us to the people we consider to be family.
Oh, good morning, SMBs. I love the names that y' all come up with on here. Well, let me tell you, I am currently in Duluth, Minnesota. You may be able to see Lake Superior all the way over there, but I took my dad up here yesterday. We'll head back down in a little bit to an Allison Krause and Union Station concert. My dad had never been to a concert before until last year. Took him to see Allison Kraussen and Robert Plant. And then Allison Krause was back again with her old band, Union Station, who she's made music with for 35 years.
And we had a really nice time sitting right on the lake watching the concert last night. But I'll tell you, I am the. The current caregiver of my parents in a stage of life where they're still pretty darn independent. But also my dad's 80, my mom's 77. That's always changing. And I'll tell you, the perspective, the perception of life and the world in which my dad lives in is ever changing. And sometimes it makes me want to bang my head against the wall, and other times it makes me go, huh, that was one of those moments I want to put into my satchel and keep with me forever.
Your little reminder today that those people that you care for are independent beings who are bumping against their own walls while you're bumping against your own walls. And like a good venn diagram, right, there's that little crossover in the middle. And it's those moments that often nourish those moments that often nourish you to know that. That the input that you're giving, the energy you're giving is going in the right place. You know, There was a couple of songs last night. I don't think I've ever heard my dad sing before.
And all of a sudden, you could hear my dad kind of losing control of his emotions, and he started singing songs. I go, I'm gonna remember that for a really, really long time. So all the head banging from the last two days is balanced, our word for the month with those moments where I go, this is a really good thing. This is a really good memory. I'm gonna jump into the chat here for a second. Yes. If you have never tuned in for harbor pilot, speak wonder's wonderful live stream later on today. Today's topic, finding balance while sailing your vessel.
Speak Wonder is a wonderful storyteller and weaver of analogy and metaphor into those stories. So where I am on lake Superior, one of the five great lakes, Speak wonders on another one of the great lakes, Lake Erie. So you get all the lakes today. And Speaking of lakes, Smz. Yes. I am only 75 miles away from lake vermilion, y' all. So no matter where you are, no matter what's going on, I hope you have a good one. Put on some good bluegrass today, and I will see you tomorrow. Have a good one. Peace.
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